UChicago Medicine Dean Kenneth Polonsky joined 18 other medical school deans to criticize cuts in federal spending on biomedical research, in an editorial published in the journal Science Translational Medicine. [Read More]

Durbin recently sponsored the American Cures Act, which seeks $150 billion over 10 years to support research leading to improved treatment of disease, calling it "the smartest investment we can make." [Read More]

On World AIDS Day, the NIH announced plans to increase funding for research to find a cure for HIV. UChicago's Dr. John Schneider says the money might be better spent on prevention programs. [Read More]